Know how to program, don't know how to trade. Where do I begin?

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I have been programming for over 4 years as my day job. I am quite good at software development, but not so good at trading. For those of you who do automated trading, what do you look for? I would like to make a scanner to continuously monitor hundreds of financial instruments in real time and detect the best opportunities. Where do I begin?
 
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I have been programming for over 4 years as my day job. I am quite good at software development, but not so good at trading. For those of you who do automated trading, what do you look for? I would like to make a scanner to continuously monitor hundreds of financial instruments in real time and detect the best opportunities. Where do I begin?
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If you were a programmer for over 4 years you know what's the most important element of any program. Start with it.
 
Quote from SNYP40A1:

I have been programming for over 4 years as my day job. I am quite good at software development, but not so good at trading. For those of you who do automated trading, what do you look for? I would like to make a scanner to continuously monitor hundreds of financial instruments in real time and detect the best opportunities. Where do I begin?
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You know what you want, so start at the beginning. Get a real-time data feed API and subscribing to hundreds of symbols. Once you've got that down, implement the filtering of "opportunities".
 
Quote from gkishot:

If you were a programmer for over 4 years you know what's the most important element of any program. Start with it.
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Excellent Advice. Spot on.

- Spydertrader
 
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